Grace Hopper wrote the first compiler, and had to argue it was possible.
The prevailing view was that computers did arithmetic, not language. She built A-0 in 1952 anyway. Every build you run descends from that argument.
Grace Hopper wrote the first compiler, and had to argue it was possible.
The prevailing view was that computers did arithmetic, not language. She built A-0 in 1952 anyway. Every build you run descends from that argument.